Botanical Garden

Botanical Garden was established in 1811 as a research institute of wroclaw university. It ranks among the oldest university institution of that type in Poland located in the area of the city's fortifications and its oldest district i.e. Ostrow, Tumski nearly monemental Gothic churches the garden is a centre of recreation for the inhabitants of wroclaw and an attracion for the visitors to the city. World war II did not spare the garden which was severly bombed during the worfare 50% of the treestard and almost 100% of the herbaceous and glasshouse plants got damaged.